Improvement in corn-planters



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Corn-Planter.

No. 205,618. Patented July 2,1878.

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Corn-Planter.

No. 205,618. Patented July 2 EZIJEZIJ I NVENTOR.

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OSMER S. DEMING, OF MOUNT OLIVET, KENTUCKY.

lM PROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forining part of Letters Patent No. 205,618, dated July 2,1878; application filed April 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSMER S. DEMING, of Mount Olivet, in the county ofRobertson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Combined Sulky Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawin is a representation of a side view of a portionof my combined planter and drill. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 isa plan View. Fig. 4 is a sectional view. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail.Fig. 6 is a detail. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail; and Figs. 8, 9, and 10are detail views thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a combined sulky corn-planter and drill, corn-plow, broadcast grainand seed sower and drill, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

In the construction of mymachine, a pair of shafts or a tongue is to beso attached to an iron axle, A, as to allow the axle to turn in thefastenings. One end of the axle enters and is secured to the wheel inthe ordinary way. The'other end of the axle passes through a stationarycenter wheel, B,'firmly attached to the axle, the end resting in a smallhub, O, which revolves around the end of the'axle, and is firmlyconnected by braces a a with the hub D of the driving-wheel, giving asteady movement to the wheel. The axle A and center wheel B remainstationary.

Through and near the top of the centerwheel B is an oblong mortise, b,communicating with a slot, 1), under the center of said mortise, and thecenter of said slot is directly over the center of the axle. Throughthis mortise and slot move the shuttle-shaped cam F and horizontalfeed-bar E.

The opening through the driving-wheel hub D is sufficiently large toallow it to rotate around the stationary center Wheel B.

On each side of the hub D is a projecting flange, (I, through which passa series of pins, f f, held in their places by set-screws e 0. Thesepins areintended to drive the cam F, and are arranged radially at equaldistances apart, in such a manner that those on one side will bedirectly opposite a point midway between those on the other side.

The ends of the cam or shuttle F are made oval orV-shaped, and when thedriving-wheel revolves the pins or shuttle-drivers f on opposite sidescome alternately in contact with the ends of the shuttle, thus forcingthe shuttle and feed-bar, to which it is firmly attached at one end,alternately from right to left, and vice versa.

Across the shuttle F, in the center, is a slot, it, through which thedrivers f on the inner flange of the hub D move when the machine isthrown. out of gear, thus preventing the movement of the machinery.

The oval ends of the shuttle allow the machine to work equally as wellin backing as in going forward.

The feed-bar E extends from the slot b in the center wheel B parallelwith the axle, and passes through a rest, G, nearly to the other wheel.At the point in the feed-bar passing through said rest G is a slot, 2',through which passes a gage-pin, It, regulating the stroke of theshuttle.

Attached to the feed-bar E are two or more feed-slides, H H, in such aWay that they can be easily removed, which feed-slides pass horizontallythrough the hoppers I I, and are each provided with two openings, m m,for the reception of the grain.

The hoppers are attached to the axle A, and each one has an opening, n,in the bottom, through which the corn or grain passes to the groundthrough a hollow leg or conductor attached to the axle, and providedwith a shoe or plow-point to make a place for and cover the grain.

Passing horizontally through the bottom of the hoppers, and immediatelybeneath the feed-slides H, is a cut-off, J, with openings ncorresponding to the delivery-openings n in the hoppers, which cut-offis moved and regulated by a lever, 0, held fast at the top by a Iratchet near the drivers seat. When the lever 0 is moved to the left thedelivery-openings n in the hoppers are closed, and no grain can escape,though the feed-slides may be in motion.

The hoppers are each provided with a partition, p, which may have, ifdesired, a brush in the bottom over the delivery-openings n.

The openings m m in the feed-slides H are to be provided withadjustable. slides to regulate the quantity of grain to be deliveredeach time in any of the known and usual ways.

The lateral movement of the feed-bar E causes the feed-slides H to movefrom right to left, and vice versa, alternately exposing one of theopenings m in each slide for the reception of the grain, while the otheropening on is under the partition 12 and over the deliv cry-opening inthe bottom of the hopper, thus allowing the escape of the grain.

The machine may be thrown out of gear by removing the gage-pin k andplacing the same, through a hole in the feed-bar, into the lever O, andturning said lever to the left, which will allow the drivers f on theinner flange d to pass through the slot h in the shuttle F. A movementof the lever O to the right, and

replacing the pin k in the rest G, throws the machine in gear again.

The hoppers and feed-slides may be moved in or out on the axle andfeed-bar to vary the distance between the rows, and by raising orlowering corresponding drivers f on the right and left of the hub-D, sothat a greater or lesser number will come in contact with theshuttle-which can be done by loosening the set-screws e-the distancesbetween the hills may be varied to suit the operator.

The machine may be changed from a planter to a drill by simply lesseningthe size of the delivery-openings m in the feed-slides H and causing agreater number of shuttle-drivers f to come in contact with the shuttleF, and vice versa.

L is alever attached to the axle. By throwing this lever forward theaxle turns, throwing the plows or hoes backward out of the ground,allowing them to pass over small obstacles, while the seat is to turn onthe axle and remain in an upright position. The lever L is also to besecured by a ratchet near the drivers seat.

In order to use the machine as a sulky cornplow, it is only necessary toremove a part of the planting attachments-the hoppers, cutofi, shuttle,and feed-bar-and attach to the axle two or more double-shovel plows, thelever L being operated for the same purpose as in the planter.

The axle maybe made crooked or arched in the middle, in order to passover higher corn. I

To use the machine as a grain-drill and broadcast-sower, the tongue orshafts may be used. The corn planting and plowing attachments are to beremoved, retaining the levers,

shuttle, and feed-bar. To the feed-bar is then attached the feed-slideM, which is provided with one or more rows of delivery-openings, r,

of different size, for the passage of the grain and grass-seed, soarranged that one or more of said openings will be continually over thedelivery-openings in the bottom of the hop- The feed-slide M is alsoprovided with ad justable slides N, controlled by means of suitablethumb-screws s, by means of which the quantity of grain or seed desiredto be sown or drilled per acre may be varied to suit the operator, andis regulated by indicators t on the upper surface and near the end ofthe feed-slide.

Attached to the axle A should then be the feed-box or hopper, in thebottom P of which are delivery-openings r for the escape of the grainand seed. Immediately over the bottom P, and containing correspondingopenings 0', is the cut-off R, controlled by the lever 0.

The hopper is to contain a partition between the grain and grass-seedopenings and other suitable divisions. The altern ate lateral move-,ment of the feed-bar will cause the openings in the feed-slide to passover the delivery-openings in the cut-off and hopper, thus forcing thegrain and seed out.

If it is desired to sow the seed broadcast, no hoes or other drillattachments are necessary; but a harrow may be attached to the axle tofollow along and cover the grain.

If it is desired to drill in the grain, the hoes and other suitabledrill attachments of any of the known and usual grain-drills may beadded. The levers O and L are to be operated in a similar way and for alike purpose as in the planter.

The operation of my device is not necessarily confined to a sulkycorn-planter and drill, as above set forth, but may be attached to asmall shovel-plow for the purpose of planting or drilling one-row ofcorn at a time, when the nature of the ground will not allow the sulkyplanter and drill to be used, the plow then having similar attachmentsand to be operated in a similar way as in the sulky-planter; and for thepurpose of a grain-drill, to be used between corn rows, one or more sidebeams may be added on each side of the beam containing thedriving-wheel, so attached at the front end as to allow the machine tobe widened or drawn. together at pleasure, all

controlled by levers similar to the planter, and

to have suitable hoe or plow attachments to make places for and to coverthe grain.

Hoppers, feed-slides, and cut-offs similar to those in the sulkygrain-drill are to be placed on eaehside of the driving-wheel. Theshuttle will be placed in the middle of the feed bar, with similararrangements for regulating the quantity of seed to be. drilled, and forthrowing in and out of gear, and for cut-ofl', as in the sulky-drill. I1

The openings m in the feed-slides H, it will be seen,have each a bevel,:r, in the side farthest from the partition in the seed-box, which is agreat advantage, as it gives an easier passage of'the slides under thepartition, causing less friction, and when no brush is used it entirelyprevents the cutting of the grain in passing under the partitions.

The driving-wheel of the planter will be provided with a rubber orsuitable lever to regulate and adjust the wheel at the beginning pointsin the field, so that uniformity of rows may be secured.

The shuttle may be made round and attached to the feed-bar by a bolt insuch away that it will turn when it comes in contact with the drivers.

The driving-wheel may also be made to turn on the axle like an ordinarycarriage-wheel. 0n the inner side of the hub, or surrounding the hub andattached to the inner side of the spokes, will be fastened a flange insuch a way that it can be removed at pleasure, and this flange tocontain the shuttle-drivers. The feed-bar will be supported on the axle,and the shuttle made diamond-shaped.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The driving-Wheel provided with aflanged hub, D d, and adjustableshuttle-drivers f and shuttle F, combined with adjustable feed- ;lidesand a cut-off mechanism, as herein speci- 2. The oval or diamond shapedshuttle F, operated by the adjustable drivers f in the flange d,combined with a feed-bar, and operatin g two or more adjustablefeed-slides in movable hoppers, as herein specified.

3. The oval or diamond shaped shuttle F, with slot h, adapted to throwthe feed mechanism out of action, and allow the drivers f to pass idlythrough the slot, as specified.

4. The combination of the shuttle F h with the slotted feed-bar, rest,and gage-pin, as and for the purpose described. I

5. The cut-ofi'J, with openings n and lever 0, arranged and combined toserve relatively to two or more slides, H m, and movable hoppers I n, asherein specified.

6. The lever 0, adapted to serve the double function of operating thecut-off and also to throw the shuttle and feed mechanism out of gear bymeans of gage-pin k, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

()SMER S. DEMING.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. WHITE, N. T. BUOKNER.

